Tiles.



UNiTEn Srafrns garanti1 Ottica,

PAUL WV. LI'IOHFIELD, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOODYEAR TIRE ANDRUBBER COMPANY, OF AKRON, OHIO.

TILES.

SPECIFICATION frmingpart of Letters Patent No. 725,102, dated April 14,1903. Application led April 21, 1902. Serial No. 103.925. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL W. LITCHFIELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tiles, of which thefollowing is a specication.

My invention has relation to improvements in tile for iioors, walls,wainscots, and kindred purposes and for decks of vessels and cars.

The object of my invention is to produce a new and improved tile of theinterlocking type that will be simple in construction and effective inuse.

To the accomplishment of the aforesaid objects my invention consists intile constructed as shown in the accompanying drawings, as hereinafterldescribed and then specifically claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part hereof.

Inv the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different figures, Figure l is a plan of asingle tile; Fig. 2, a plan of a key-tile to be used in connection Withthe tile shown in Fig. l; and Fig. 3, a number of tile, on a reducedscale, laid together, showing the manner of uniting them on the iioor orwall.

Referring to the figures, l is the tile, which is in general outline arectangle with equal sides. In each corner of this tile is a rectangularopening, vthe sides of Which are parallel with and equidistant from aline running through the center from alternate corners. These openingsform seats of a key-piece 2, in form of a rectangular cross with arms ofequal length, each arm being of proper size to accurately fit one ofthe-openings in the tile l.

The edges of the tile may be perpendicular to the faces, or the openingsmay be beveled at the sides from one face and at the end from the otherface and the ends of the key-pieces correspondingly conformed, and asthey may be of any desired thickness no edge elevation is shown. V

It follows from the foregoing construction that in laying the tile, asillustrated in Fig. 3, the tile l are laid in courses with ends andsides touching and the key pieces 2 are placed in the openings in thecorners of adjacenttile. The openings in the edges of the pattern andthe corners are filled to complete it with half tie-pieces cut on a linebetween alternate inner corners in the one case and'in the other withquarter-pieces cut on lines between adjacent inner corners.

By giving different colors to different tile and key-pieces, or likecolors to the tile and different colors to the key-pieces, variouspatterns and effects may be produced.

Although I have shown a rectangular tile, I do not intend to therebyconform my invention to that exact form, as my invention may be usedwith equal utility and pleasing effect Where the form of the tile is ofany polygonal shape or the edges curved.

These tile may be made of vitried or porcelain-coated blocks,india-rubber, or other material, and their surfaces may be figured orornamented as desired; but as this latter part pertains to a diiferentclass of patentable inventions it is only here suggested.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. An improved tile, rectangular in form, having in each corner arectangular opening, the sides of which are parallel with andequidistant from a line running through the center from alternatecorners, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved tiling consisting of rectangular blocks having in eachcorner rectangular openings with the sides equidistant from and parallelwitha line through the center :from alternate corners, in combinationwith key-pieces in form of a rectangular cross with arms of equallength, each arm being of proper size to accurately lit one of theopenings in said tile, substantially as shown and described.

3. An improved corner-filling for rectangular tile-blocks havingrectangularopenings in the corners with sides equidistant from andparallel with a line running from alternate corners which consists of ablock one-fourth of a cross having plain parallel faces and equalrectangular arms of a size to fit said openings, and cut from twoadjacent inner IOO corners to its center, substantially as shown lparallel sides to fit the openings in adjacent and described.

4f. Tiles with straight sides with openings in the corners, withkey-pieces having par- 5 allel-sidedarms to enter and fit the openingsin adjacent tile, substantially as shown and described.

5. Tiles having sides adapted to meet and lita the sides of adjacentbile with openings at lo their angles, and key-pieces having arms withtile, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto ser, my hand in thepresence of Iawo subscribing witnesses.

PAUL W. LITCHFIELD.

